One Direction star Niall Horan’s dad: My son will be a wonderful husband

Niall Horan’s dad Bobby has confirmed what many One Direction fans already suspect – that his son will make a wonderful husband one day because he is such a gentleman.

The 51-year-old revealed that singer Niall’s independence would make him the perfect catch for some lucky young lady.

Husband material: One Direction’s Niall (Picture: PA)

Speaking to the Sunday Mirror he said: ‘When he was at school I tried to get home for 4.30pm, but I started early mornings, so Niall had to get himself up and walk the mile-and-a-half to school.

‘So he’s well-adapted for where he is now… independent and away from home. He’ll make someone a wonderful husband’.

Bobby, who split up with Niall’s mother Maura in 1999 added that despite his eligibility, his son found being a heartthrob a scary experience at times.

‘There are hordes of young girls around him, and not much room to breathe anywhere. He says it can be frightening.’Coming out of airports and girls crowding around their cars, he’s started to get really claustrophobic’.

The Irish cutie seems to be far from scared of American singer Demi Lovato, though, after it became widely known that the pair Skype each other regularly.

But despite originally keeping schtum, the What Makes Your Beautiful singer opened up to US radio jock Ryan Seacrest and said: ‘We’ve spoken, yeah. She’s a cool girl so I got in contact with her. She’s really nice.’Still a tad coy, he added: ‘I don’t know what’s going to happen.’